v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cleped i>or p. pr. & vb. n. Cleping. Cf. Ycleped. ] [ AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry, call. ] To call, or name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make appeal; to cry out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high
Cleping for vengeance of this treachery. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]